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In a dramatic development on Thursday, the Indian Olympic Association’s acting president V K Malhotra and IOC member in India Randhir Singh pulled out of next week’s crucial meeting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, apparently miffed with the world body's changed stance. Barely six days before the May 15 meeting to find a way for India's return to the Olympic fold, the pull-out of these two key officials has suddenly put a question mark on the fate of the ...

The Sports Ministry said unless there is consensus in the IOA, the government will not be going for the meeting with the International Olympic Committee scheduled to be held in Lausanne on May 15 to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement. "Unless there is a consensus, the government (representatives) will not be going (to Lausanne)," Sports secretary P K Deb said. Deb further added that until all the National Sports Federations (NSFs) agree to be on a common platform, there was ...